Departed at last from from Blyth this morning, wind SSE 18-24 knots.
Running before with full foresail and mainsail at times doing 7+knots.
Always a tricky point of sail, minor course changes easily destabilize sail balance.
I had poled out the foresail to stabilize it, with a spinnaker pole attached to the mast at one end and the sail ring at the other.
Unfortunately the heading was momentarily lost and the mainsail gibed badly from full starboard to full port. The foresail similarly backed with great force wrenching the spinnaker pole from the mast and the flailing pole swept one of the ventilation covers off the coach roof .
The cabin was now open to the sea, no way to start a long voyage.
So back to port for repairs and renewals, could have been much worse
Better sail another day
Pic shows repair of coach roof to keep weather out
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